Sugar Grove News

Longtime Clearing resident Catherine Kiszkan, 88, received a Golden Spirit Award for decades of community service at the 10th Annual 13th Ward Senior Celebration Award Ceremony that was held May 17 at West Lawn Field House, 4233 W. 65th St.

SUGAR GROVE – After six years of taking two classes a semester while juggling a full-time job and family, Elburn resident Diana Book is expected to graduate Thursday from Waubonsee Community College.

SUGAR GROVE – The Sugar Grove Park District has received a $400,000 state grant that will fund about half the cost of Harter Community Park, which will be developed on 14.8 acres south of Harter Road and west of Route 47 at the Harter Middle School campus.

The Sugar Grove Park District, the Fox Valley Park District and the Kane County Forest Preserve District are each due to receive $400,000 from the state for building and improving parks.

For the last 35 years, Nicki Weigel has been a voice for the hearing-impaired as a sign language interpreter.

Dave Ginsberg of Geneva finished first with a time of 18:49 at The Hope For Haitians 5K on Saturday in Geneva.

For Colleen and Chris Ottens, concern for the plight of the people of Haiti is something never far from their mind.

A video gaming company filed a lawsuit in Kane County this week seeking to have a judge rule that it has exclusive rights to place video gambling machines at the post for up to five years.

Sugar Grove resident Francis Saylors, 16, a junior at Kaneland High School, stopped off at Alice's Place in Elburn – on his way to prom – when he answered seven questions for the Kane County Chronicle's Al Lagattolla.

SUGAR GROVE – An update on a bullying task force's action plan Wednesday elicited mixed emotions among some Kaneland School District 302 board members.

You knew Pat Brady's decision to step down as leader of the Illinois Republican Party was big news when Donna Brazile retweeted the Daily Herald online article minutes after the story broke Monday night.

Drummer Charlie Morrison rehearses with the Waubonsee Community College rock band, Von Ohlen, in the music room of Von Ohlen hall at at the Sugar Grove campus.

Elizabeth Nicholson of Aurora, left, and Amy Manion of Sugar Grove, gave 40 free books to local homeless children and college students in the fourth annual World Book Night program.

Visitiation for Capt. Brandon L. Cyr will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Dunn Family Funeral Home, 1801 Douglas Road, Oswego.

He estimated total damage at $500. It is not known when the damage occurred, but it was reported April 1. • Ryan Vega, 20, of the 1200 block of Amaranth Drive, Naperville, was arrested April 2 on a DuPage County warrant for driving without a valid license.

Friends, classmates and others who knew Caitlyn Phillips sought consolation Monday, even as they remembered the teenage girl described as “bright and cheery.” “She was an absolute delight,” said Gayle Haas, an administrative assistant and teacher at Calvary West Church in Sugar Grove.

Emergency vehicles are parked near the Sugar Grove Water Treatment Facility on Monday morning, as a chlorine leak is investigated.

Counselors will be available Monday for students at Kaneland Harter Middle School in Sugar Grove coping with the death of a classmate killed Friday when she collided with a vehicle while rollerblading.

Who spent what to get elected to office in Geneva, Sugar Grove and Batavia this spring? And who gave them the money to buy all those campaign signs, palm cards and mailers? Committees and candidates that do not accept or spend at least $3,000 in a 12-month period are not required to file statements of organizations or disclose contributions and ... (more)

Members of the Galilee of Friends youth group at the Congregational United Church of Christ in St.